Creatures in our garden - Great Crested Canopy Lizard

We being the month of July with another creature feature. Our handyman caught another creature the other week. It's another reptile - a Great Crested Canopy Lizard. Of course, our daughter was very excited to see and hold it. I just didn't include a photo of her with the lizard here for privacy reasons. Here are a couple of photos of the lizard on one of our garden tables.

 

Our daughter released it a few moments after she handled it and we identified the species. It didn't run away immediately after being released but eventually disappeared in our garden.

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Creatures in our garden - flying lizards

This is somewhat a different topic from the usual ones I write about here. Our daughter is generally unafraid and not squeamish about capturing various animals and insects around our home. In fact, she is quite good in getting them. These include bugs, snails, slugs and lizards. The latest catches were a couple of flying lizards that she eventually set free (with a little encouragement from us).

This one looks not too pleased that he/she was captured and is not being photographed for posterity.

For some reason, the lizards were not trying to escape. I guess they knew they were being handled with care and were just waiting to be released.

They seem to be relaxed as our daughter showed them and said goodbye - for now.

Those are the flaps that act as wings. The lizards use them to jump from tree to tree as they find food or try to escape predators.

 

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